A Mechatronic platform for behavioral analysis on nonhuman primates

In this work we present a new mechatronic platform for measuring behavior of nonhuman primates, allowing high reprogrammability and providing several possibilities of interac- tions. The platform is the result of a multidisciplinary design process, which has involved bio-engineers, developmental neuroscientists, primatologists and roboticians to identify its main requirements and specications. Although such a platform has been designed for be- havioral analysis of capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella) it can be used for behavioral studies on other nonhuman primates and children. In section one a state of the art of the principal